Time is running out to submit 1-3 poems to the @VariantLit Poetry Prize judged by @toddedillard. 1st Place Receives $750, publication in an online folio, and introduction from Todd!
Submit your poems by June 15th!
. @UCityReview is where I first read @toddedillard and @LeighChadwick5, and it's become a favorite.
Thrilled to have 10 poems in this issue. This one, 'Life Stories,' is dedicated to my hero, Wisława Szymborska. Thank you to Andrew and Raphael.
"In a different world, his is not the only face I think of when I think of family." Fiction reader @kplumhoff's flash, titled IN A DIFFERENT WORLD, I AM NOT A STRANGER TO THIS RANCH, was published in @VariantLit ✨ Find it here: buff.ly/dR0qOZ1
Send in 1-3 poems by June 15th to be considered for the 2026 @VariantLit Poetry Prize!
Winners will receive a cash prize and be published in a special Variant Poetry Prize folio, with an introduction from guest judge Todd Dillard.
1st Place $750
2nd Place: $200
3rd Place: $50
With poetry by Christa Fairbrother, Sara Hovda, Lyn Li Che, Daniel Lurie, Jared Beloff, Elena Zhang, Paul Potts, Jessica Popeski, Ann DeVilbiss, Ashley Varela, Chimezie Umeoka, and Jason Zhang
With prose by N.D. Stone, David Ryan, @Yitzhuq, Joseph Randolph, @kplumhoff, Adina Leschinsky Levine, Phillip Hall, Alex Rost, Nick Dmytrow, Spencer Brownstein, and Nora Maynard
Time is running out to submit 1-3 poems to the @VariantLit Poetry Prize judged by @toddedillard. 1st Place Receives $750, publication in an online folio, and introduction from Todd!
Submit your poems by June 15th!
Time is running out to submit 1-3 poems to the @VariantLit Poetry Prize judged by @toddedillard. 1st Place Receives $750, publication in an online folio, and introduction from Todd!
Submit your poems by June 15th!
New one out in @VariantLit
It's about nightstands. I called it "nightstands"
This was a positive publication process. I recommend reading the issue then submitting